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Kevin Whiteman NR

Chairman

Independent: Yes

Appointed: 2014 to the board and 2020 as chairman.

A chartered engineer, Kevin was chief executive of Kelda Group and Yorkshire Water for a period of eight years. Kevin was non-executive chairman of both companies from 2010 to March 2015 and a non-executive director of Cadent Gas Limited and chair of their remuneration committee from 2018 to 2021. Kevin was previously chief executive officer for the National Rivers Authority, regional director of the Environment Agency, and has held a number of senior positions within British Coal. He was also chairman for Wales and West Gas Networks (UK) Limited and has been a trustee for WaterAid UK. Since 2013 he has been chairman of the privately owned NG Bailey Group.

Alan Dunsmore

Chief executive officer

Independent: No

Appointed: 2010

Alan was appointed chief executive officer in February 2018. Prior to this he held the position of Group finance director from March 2010 to March 2017 and acting chief executive officer from April 2017 to January 2018. He joined the Group from Smiths Group plc. He joined Smiths Group's medical division in 1995, holding various positions throughout the business and from 2004 was director of finance for Smiths Detection. Prior to joining Smiths, he was with Coopers and Lybrand in Glasgow, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992.

Adam Semple

Group finance director

Independent: No

Appointed: 2018

Adam joined the Group in 2013 from Firth Rixson Group, prior to which he was with PwC in both Leeds and London, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 2002. He was appointed as Group finance director in February 2018, having held the role on an acting basis since April 2017. He was previously the Group's financial controller.

Ian Cochrane

Chief operating officer

Independent: No

Appointed: 2013

Ian joined the Group in 2007, following the acquisition of Fisher Engineering. Ian worked at Fisher Engineering for 26 years, starting in the drawing office and progressing to managing director in October 2007. He previously held the position of Group operations director. Ian has a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the business and has been involved in many major projects in the UK and Ireland, representing a range of market sectors.

Derek Randall

Executive director and managing director at JSW Severfield Structures

Independent: No

Appointed: 2011

Derek previously held the position of executive director for business development until his appointment in December 2013 as managing director of JSW Severfield Structures Limited (JSSL), our joint venture in India. Before joining the Group, most of Derek's career was with Corus Group (now Tata Steel) where his last position was as commercial director of the long products division. Derek has held a number of international board positions with Corus and served on the executive council of the Steel Construction Institute.

Rosie Toogood ANR

Non-executive director

Independent: Yes

Appointed: June 2021

Rosie is currently the chief executive officer of Legal & General Homes Modular Limited and a director of Legal & General Homes (Services Co) Limited and brings a wealth of manufacturing and engineering experience within the modular homes, aerospace and nuclear sectors to the board.

She previously had a successful 25-year career at Rolls-Royce, progressing from a finance executive into procurement and technology positions followed by a general management role where she was executive vice president for the compressors division.

She originally qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and was a non-executive director at Derwent Housing Association from 1999 to 2008.

Tony Osbaldiston ANR

Non-executive director (chairman of the audit committee)

Independent: Yes

Appointed: 2014

A chartered accountant having qualified with PwC, Tony was previously finance director of Max Factor UK, Volvo Cars UK, Raymarine plc and FirstGroup plc. He was also deputy group chief executive officer and chief executive officer of FirstGroup America. Tony has been non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of BSS Group plc, chairman of the remuneration committee of Synstar International plc and non-executive director and chairman of the audit and risk committee of the Serious Fraud Office. He is currently chairman of Encon, the insulation and building products distributor.

Alun Griffiths ANR

Senior independent director (chairman of the remuneration committee)

Independent: Yes

Appointed: 2014

Alun was a main board member at leading engineering consultancy WS Atkins plc from 2007 to 2014 and held a number of business leadership and corporate roles, most recently as Group HR director. Whilst at Atkins, he worked extensively in the UK and internationally in Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia and the USA on a range of management consultancy assignments and on major projects.

Alun has significant experience in HR and organisation development, business development and project delivery. He is vice chairman and chairs the licensing committee and the remuneration committee at the Port of London Authority (an approving authority for major infrastructure projects on the Thames) and chairs the transaction committee at the Ramboll Group (providing oversight for major bids and M+A).

His HR experience, together with his wider business experience and understanding of the views of investors, is well suited to his role here at Severfield.

Louise Hardy ANR

Non-executive director and workforce engagement director

Independent: Yes

Appointed: September 2019

As an executive director, Louise was the European project excellence director at AECOM, responsible for project management across a portfolio of 10,000 projects and between 2006 and 2013 was a director at Laing O'Rourke, the largest privately-owned construction company in the UK. At Laing O'Rourke she worked within the CLM as the delivery partner to the Olympic delivery authority for the London 2012 Olympics. Prior to this, Louise worked at Bechtel Ltd as a project director and manager and worked for London Underground Ltd on the Jubilee line extension project.

Louise is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Management Institute and the Women's Engineering Society. She is a director of the North West Cambridge Development. Louise won the European Women in Construction and Engineering lifetime achievement in construction award 2019.

Louise is a non-executive director at Balfour Beatty plc, Genuit Group plc and Crest Nicholson Holdings plc.

Committee membership

A Audit

N Nominations

R Remuneration

  Committee chairman